CN1668004A - Image processing apparatus and personal information management program - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are an image processing device and a personal information management method capable of allowing each user to process their personal information without actually preventing an indefinite number of users from using the device while preventing leakage of the user's personal information . The apparatus includes: a user authentication part that acquires ID information identifying each user from a plurality of users, and performs user authentication based on the ID information; an operation mode setting part that can selectively switch between an individual operation mode and An operation mode for setting a working environment for operation input is set between a public operation mode, wherein the personal operation mode allows each user to operate independently, and the public operation mode allows an indeterminate number of user operations; and a mode switching part, when the user authentication part When authenticating a user in , it switches the operation mode from the public operation mode to the personal operation mode of the authenticated user.

Description

Image processing device and personal information management method

technical field

The present invention relates to an image processing device and a personal information management method.

Background technique

A technique has been proposed in the past which is constructed to authenticate a user by personal authentication in a computer terminal used by a plurality of users, allowing the user to perform personal information processing such as viewing sent to Regarding user's mail, browsing bulletin board website, etc. (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-167848).

In the above-mentioned known techniques, in order to authenticate each of the plurality of users and allow each user to process its personal information, a terminal shared by a plurality of related users is usually specially installed, which causes the following problems: Such a common terminal is expensive and requires space for its installation.

Due to such problems, there is a need for a technique that enables image processing apparatuses generally installed in offices to perform processing of personal information while preventing leakage of private information and the like.

In general, however, image processing devices are usually installed in an environment where an indeterminate number of users can use the devices, so it is necessary to realize personal information protection without actually preventing an indeterminate number of users from using the devices.

Contents of the invention

The present invention is made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide an image processing device and a personal information management method that allow each user to control their personal information without actually preventing an indefinite number of users from using the device. Personal information is processed while preventing the leakage of the user's personal information.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is constructed to include: a user authentication part that acquires ID information identifying each user from a plurality of users, and performs user authentication based on the ID information: An operation mode setting part capable of selectively setting an operation mode for setting a working environment for operation input between a personal operation mode allowing each user to operate independently and a public operation mode allowing an indeterminate number of user operations; and a mode switching section which, when a user is authenticated in the user authentication section, switches the operation mode from the public operation mode to the individual operation mode of the authenticated user.

According to the situation of allowing an indeterminate number of general user operations and allowing a specific user to operate independently, selecting an operation mode for setting a working environment for operating input among different operation modes can be performed without actually hindering the use of an indeterminate number of users. To enable each user to process their personal information while preventing leakage of user personal information.

Furthermore, in the above personal information management apparatus, the mode switching means preferably switches the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode according to a predetermined condition in a state where the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

By enabling switching of the operation mode to the public operation mode according to predetermined conditions in this manner, it is possible to prevent an indeterminate number of users from operating the apparatus in a case where the operation mode is set to the individual operation mode.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned personal information management apparatus, when ID information has not been acquired for a period of time longer than a predetermined time in the user authentication part, the mode switching part is preferably in a state where the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode Switch the operating mode from personal operating mode to public operating mode.

According to such a configuration, for example, in the case where ID information can be acquired in the user authentication section only when the user operates in the image processing apparatus (for example, in the case of personal authentication by the user's fingerprint), even if A case where the user who has operated the device in the personal operation mode leaves the device and its operation mode remains set to the personal operation mode for a predetermined or longer period of time, or the user ends the operation unintentionally and forgets that the device has been set to personal mode, or similar situations, it is also possible to avoid a situation where an indeterminate number of users operate the device when the operating mode of the device is set to the personal operating mode.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, but may be constructed such that the image processing apparatus further includes a human body detection section that detects a user located near the image processing apparatus, wherein when the human body detection section has not detected a user for a period longer than a predetermined time In the case of a human body, when the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode, the mode switching part switches the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode.

According to such a configuration, when the user who has operated the device in the personal operation mode leaves the device and its operation mode remains set to the personal operation mode for a predetermined or longer period of time, or when the user ends the operation unintentionally and forgets to When the device has been set to a personal-related mode, or the like, it is possible to avoid the situation where an indeterminate number of users operate the device with the operating mode of the device set to the personal operating mode.

In addition, the above-mentioned personal information management apparatus preferably further includes a setting information acquiring part which acquires setting information related to each user, wherein the operation mode setting part sets the personal operation model.

With such a construction, it is possible to easily customize the setting contents of each operation mode by arbitrarily changing the setting information related to each user.

In addition, in the above-mentioned personal information management apparatus, it is preferable that the ID information cooperates with a log-in ID of a network connected to the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus may further include a personal information processing section which executes a process corresponding to a network corresponding to the ID information based on the ID information. Handling of personal information related to users with existing ID information.

A personal information management method according to another aspect of the present invention is configured as a personal information management method for performing personal information management in an image processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, the method including: a user authentication step , the step acquires ID information identifying each user from a plurality of users, and performs user authentication based on the ID information: an operation mode setting step, which selectively sets a between a personal operation mode and a public operation mode An operation mode for setting the work environment for operation input, wherein the individual operation mode allows each user to operate independently, and the public operation mode allows an indeterminate number of user operations; and a mode switching step, when a user is authenticated in the user authentication step, the The step switches the mode of operation from the public mode of operation to the personal mode of operation of the authenticated user.

Furthermore, in the above personal information management method, in the mode switching step, it is preferable to switch the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode according to a predetermined condition in the state where the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

Furthermore, in the above personal information management method, in the mode switching step, when no ID information has been acquired for a period of time longer than a predetermined time in the user authentication step, it is preferable that the current operation mode is set to personal Switch the operation mode from personal operation mode to public operation mode in the state of operation mode.

In addition, it is preferable that the above-mentioned personal information management method further includes a human body detection step for detecting a user located near the image processing apparatus, wherein in the mode switching step, when a period of time longer than a predetermined time has elapsed in the human body detection step When a human body is detected, the operation mode is switched from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode under the condition that the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

In addition, it is preferable that the above-mentioned personal information management method further includes a setting information acquisition step of acquiring setting information related to each user, wherein in the operation mode setting step, according to the setting related to the user authenticated in the user authentication step information to set the individual operating mode.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned personal information management method, it is preferable that the ID information cooperates with a log-in ID connected to a network of the image processing apparatus, wherein the personal information management method may further include a personal information processing step of performing a process corresponding to the ID information based on the ID information. Handling of personal information related to users of ID information that exists on the Internet.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an image processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an example of a screen display in a display or display unit of a not shown card reader.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a data structure of setting information.

Fig. 5 is an example of a screen display in the display section set as the operation mode of a user whose ID is "A".

Fig. 6 is an example of a screen display in the display section when the "Print" button is pressed.

Fig. 7 is an example of a screen display in the display section set as the operation mode of a user whose ID is "B".

Fig. 8 is an example of a screen display in the display part when the "Arrival" button is pressed.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in an image processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this second embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a view showing an example of a display screen generated at a time recording information processing section.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this second embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a view illustrating the schedule information displayed in the display section by a schedule information processing section.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the image processing apparatus according to this second embodiment.

Detailed ways

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below while referring to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an image processing apparatus according to this embodiment. Note here that an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) is specifically cited as the image processing device.

As shown in this figure, the image processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment is connected to a network N, which is connected to a portal server 2, a mail server 3, a schedule management server 4, a time record management server 5 , an electronic bulletin board server 6 and a document server 7 for communicating with them. With such a configuration, the image processing apparatus 1 can communicate with these servers.

The image processing apparatus 1 includes a setting information acquisition part 101, a control panel 102, an operation mode setting part 103, a mode switching part 104, a human body detection part 105, a user authentication part 106, a personal information processing part 107, a Image processing section 108, a not-shown CPU, and a not-shown storage section.

The control panel 102 is composed of an operation input part 102a and a display part 102b, and the personal information processing part 107 is composed of an emergency information processing part 107a, a schedule information processing part 107b, a time recording information processing part 107c and an unread information processing part 107a. Part 107d construction. In addition, the image processing section 108 is also composed of an image forming section 108a and an image reading section 108b.

The elements of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be referred to in detail below.

One task of the setting information acquiring section 101 is to acquire setting information stored in the portal server 2 (which will be described later).

The control panel 102 is composed of an operation input section 102a through which the user can input operations to the device and a display section 102b for performing screen display. The control panel may be configured, for example, to provide a touch panel display or the like.

One task of the operation mode setting part 103 is to set a public operation mode and a personal or independent operation mode as the operation mode for setting the working environment of the operation input in the control panel 102, wherein the public operation mode allows undetermined data individual users operation, while individual or independent operation mode allows each user to operate independently (operating mode setting steps).

One task of the mode switching part 104 is to switch between the operation modes set by the operation mode setting part 103, so that when a user is authenticated in the user authentication part 106 (it will be described later), it will change the operation mode from the public The operating mode switches to the personal operating mode of the authenticated user.

One task of the human body detection component 105 is to detect a user located near the image processing device, which may be constituted by, for example, an infrared sensor.

One task of the user authentication part 106 is to acquire ID information identifying each user from a plurality of users, and perform user authentication based on the ID information. The method of obtaining ID information includes inputting an ID and a password, reading ID information recorded in an IC card by a card reader, biogenetic authentication with fingerprints, etc. In addition, any suitable method may be used if strict personal authentication can be performed by this method.

One task of the personal information processing part 107 is, based on the ID information of the user authenticated in the above-mentioned user authentication part 106, process the personal information about the user corresponding to the ID information existing in the network N (e.g. mail server 3, schedule management server 4. Information managed in the time record management server 5, bulletin board server 6 and document server 7). In addition, the login ID of the network N, the login IDs of the mail server 3, the schedule management server 4, the time record management server 5, the bulletin board server 6, and the document server 7, and the ID information of the user authenticated in the user authentication part 106 cooperate with each other, So that the user can log in to the network N and each server with the authenticated ID information.

One task of the emergency information processing part 107a is to acquire one of the e-mails whose title or text contains the character string "emergency" from among the e-mails managed in the mail server 3 and associated with the ID information of the user authenticated in the user authentication part 106. Another task is to acquire a list of messages whose titles or texts contain the character string "Urgent" from among the messages managed in the bulletin board server 6 and associated with the ID information of the user authenticated in the user authentication part 106.

Although the character string "urgent" is taken as an example here, other character strings "express", "important", etc. may be included as such conditions. Furthermore, getting an email or a message on a bulletin board can include not only getting the list, but also getting the email or message itself.

One task of the schedule information processing section 107 b is to acquire a list or schedule managed in the schedule management server 5 in association with the ID information of the user authenticated in the user authentication section 106 .

One task of the time record information processing section 107c is to acquire and process information about the arrival and departure time of each employee managed in the time record management server 5 in conjunction with the user ID information authentication in the user authentication section 106.

One task of the unread information processing part 107d is, together with the authentication of the ID information of the mail server 3 or the bulletin board server 6, to obtain a list of unread e-mails received before a predetermined period of time, or unread updates A list of documents.

It is to be noted here that the emergency information processing part 107a to the unread information processing part 107d all have the following two tasks: generating data so that the acquired information is displayed on the display part 102b, and causing the acquired information to be printed on the image forming part 108a (will be described below).

Next, the image processing section 108 is constituted by an image forming section 108a and an image reading section 108b.

One task of the image forming section 108 a is to perform an image forming operation under an instruction from the control panel 102 or the personal information processing section 107 . Furthermore, one task of the image reading section 108b is to perform an image reading operation under an instruction from the control panel 102 or the personal information processing section 107 .

The portal server 2 stores setting information (data for displaying an independent portal screen for each identified user) associated with each user's ID information.

The mail server 3 manages information on each user's electronic mail, and is configured to return a response or reply upon receiving a request from the personal information processing section 107 . A function of the mail server 3 is to return a tabular information (title (Subject) and email ID (Mailid)) of the email when receiving the ID information of a user as a response or reply, and when receiving the ID information and When "Mailid", returns the email text corresponding to the Mailid.

The schedule management server 4 manages information on the schedule of each user, and is structured to return a response or reply upon receiving a request from the personal information processing section 107 . Note here that one function of the schedule management server 4 is to return information about the schedule (date and time (day), ID (dayid) of the schedule corresponding to the date and time, and The link information (contentslink) of its content) as a response or reply, a function is to return the timing arrangement corresponding to the dayid when receiving ID information and "dayid", and a function is to return the timing arrangement corresponding to the dayid when receiving ID information and "About content acquisition information (getClink)" to the document server 7 to request output of a specified document, there is also a function to register in the document server when ID information and "information about content registration (setClink)" are received specified document.

Time record management server 5 manages information on time records (arrival and departure times) of each user, and is structured to return a response or reply upon receiving a request from personal information processing section 107. In addition, it should be noted that a function of the time record management server 5 is to obtain the current time point when receiving user ID information and an instruction or command to register "arrival", return the time point to the personal information processing part 107, and send the ID The information is sent to the bulletin board server 6, and another function is to obtain the current time point when receiving the user's ID information and an instruction or command to register "leave", return the time point to the personal information processing part 107, and send The ID information is sent to the bulletin board server 6.

The bulletin board server 6 is structured to return a response or reply upon receiving a request from the personal information processing section 107 or the time record management server 5 . It is to be noted here that one function of the bulletin board server 6 is to return content related to the schedule corresponding to the ID as a response or reply upon receipt of ID information.

The document server 7 is configured to return a response or reply upon receiving a document registration or document output request from the personal information processing section 107 . It should be noted here that the document server 7 cooperates with the scheduling management server 4. One of its functions is to return the document corresponding to "getClink" as a response or reply when receiving the user's ID information and "getClink", and there is another function is to register the document corresponding to "setClink" as a response or reply upon receiving the ID information and "setClink".

In this embodiment, an example is given in which personal authentication of the user is performed by using an ID card in which ID information is stored. Reading ID information from this ID card is accomplished by a card reader not shown, which card reader is arranged in the image processing apparatus according to this embodiment, and the ID information thus read out by the card reader is The user authentication component 106 acquires. In this regard, although the ID information acquired in the user authentication part 106 includes, for example, an "ID", a "password" and the like, it is not limited to these forms, but may be any other information capable of identifying individual users.

Next, the processing flow of the image processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. 2 .

First, the operation mode in the image processing apparatus 1 is set to a "common operation mode". At this time, the display section 102b becomes a screen representation that receives operation inputs input by an indeterminate number of users for image forming processing and image reading processing. An unshown card reader arranged in the image processing apparatus 1 is equipped with an unshown display screen on which or on the display part 102 when the operation mode is set to "common operation mode". A screen as shown in Figure 3 is displayed.

When the ID card in which the user's ID information is stored is read by an unshown card reader (S11), the thus read ID information is sent to the user authentication section 106 (S12).

The user authentication part 106 acquires the ID information sent from the card reader not shown, and compares or verifies the ID information authentication data that is stored in an unshown storage part or possessed by the user authentication part 106 or verifies thus obtained ID information (user authentication step) (S13).

When the authentication of the acquired ID information is successful (S13, "Yes"), the user authentication part 106 sends the relevant ID information to the portal server 2 (S14).

The portal server 2 acquires one piece of setting information associated with one piece of ID information sent from the user authentication part 106 from the stored pieces of setting information associated with the pieces of ID information (setting information acquiring step) (S15), and will thus acquire The setting information of is sent to the setting information acquiring part 101 (S16). The setting information here takes, for example, the data structure shown in FIG. 4 . In this figure, the user whose ID is "A" has a sub-screen displayed on the left side of the screen of the display part 102b, which is created by the emergency information processing part, and another sub-screen displayed on the right side of the screen of the display part 102b. A child screen, which is created by the scheduling information processing part. In addition, the user whose ID is "B" has a sub-screen displayed on the left side of the screen of the display part 102b, which is created by the emergency information processing part, and a sub-screen displayed on the right side of the screen of the display part 102b, It is created by the time record information processing part.

The setting content of this personal operation mode can be changed arbitrarily for each user, that is, the setting of the screen representation (how to divide and display a screen, how to assign the sub-screens created by the emergency information processing part 107a to the unread information processing part 107d to the division good screen display area, etc.).

The setting information acquired by the setting information acquiring section 101 is sent to the operation mode setting section 103 . The user authentication part 106 also sends the ID information of authentication to the mode switching part 104, and the mode switching part 104 requests the operation mode setting part 103 to switch the setting to the operation according to the setting information related to the relevant ID information acquired by the setting information acquiring part 101. mode so that the operation mode setting section 103 sets the individual operation mode according to the relevant setting information (mode changing step) (S17). In other words, the operation mode setting section 103 arranges the information created by the emergency information processing section 107a to the unread information processing section 107d on the display screen of the display section 102b according to the setting information associated with the user authenticated in the user authentication section. section to make individual operating mode settings.

By selecting an operation mode for setting a work environment for operation input between different operation modes according to the cases where an indeterminate number of general user operations are allowed and specific users are allowed to operate independently, each user can be enabled without actually hindering an indeterminate number of operations. process the personal information of each user while preventing the leakage of the user's personal information.

FIG. 5 depicts an example of a screen display in the display section 102b in the case where the operation mode is set for a user whose ID is "A". As shown in this figure, one screen part or sub-screen created by the emergency information processing part is displayed on the left side L of the entire screen, and another screen part or sub-screen created by the scheduling information processing part is displayed on the right side of the entire screen R. In addition, a "View" button 81, a "Registration" button 82, and a "Print" button 83 for basic operations of the screen are displayed at the bottom of the screen. One role of the "print" button 83 is to authenticate the ID information on the schedule management server 4 when it is pressed, and to download and print the schedule information corresponding to the ID information. In addition, the "register" button 82, when pressed, performs ID information authentication and registers the document data read by the image reading part 108b into the document server 7, and registers a link to the corresponding date and time of the schedule ( A link C1 is shown here as an example). FIG. 6 is an example of a screen display in the display section 102b when the "Print" button 83 is pressed.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen display in the display section 102b when the operation mode is set for a user whose ID is "B". As shown in this figure, one screen part or sub-screen created by the emergency information processing part is displayed on the left side L of the entire screen, and another screen part or sub-screen created by the time record information processing part (here the "Arrival " button S1 and "Leave" button S2) are displayed on the right side R of the entire screen. In addition, a "View" button 81 and a "Print" button 83 for basic operations of the screen are displayed at the bottom of the screen. When the "Arrival" button S1 and the "Leave" button S2 are pressed, the ID information on the time record management server 5 is authenticated, and the time point at which these buttons are pressed is transmitted to the time record management server 5 . When completing the information transmission at each time point, confirm or verify whether there is a transaction instruction corresponding to the relevant ID information from the bulletin board server 6, and if there is such a transaction instruction, the instruction is downloaded to the image processing device 1 side, and is printed by the image forming unit 108a. FIG. 8 is an example of a screen display in the display part 102b when the "Arrival" button S1 is pressed.

It can be changed by changing the content of each user's setting information to, for example, a list of unread e-mails (messages, etc.), a A list, etc., to arbitrarily set the content displayed on the display screen in this personal operation mode (ie, the setting content in the setting information). It is of course possible to automatically notify the user or print out those e-mails, documents, etc. which are sent from the user's superior or from within a specific group and which contain the character string "urgent" or which have been selected for special inspection.

On the other hand, when the acquired ID information cannot be authenticated at the time of ID information verification (S13) in the user authentication section 106 (S13, "NO"), the process ends.

Next, we will talk in detail about creating a display screen based on the setting information.

The following will refer to the display screen creation processing procedure according to the emergency information processing section 107a by using the flowchart of FIG. 9 .

When the setting information acquired by the setting information acquiring section 101 contains settings for causing the display section to display the screen created by the emergency information processing section 107a, the emergency information processing section 107a is activated (S21).

Next, the emergency information processing section 107a transmits the ID information authenticated by the user authentication section 106 to the mail server 3 and the bulletin board server 6, respectively (S22, S28).

The mail server 3 authenticates or verifies the ID information (S24) sent from the emergency information processing part 107a, and if the authentication is successful, then searches for the title or A mail whose text contains the character string "Urgent" (S25).

If the received title or text is found to contain the mail (S25, "Yes") of the character string "urgent", then the mail server 3 will send the information (Subject, Mailid) of a list of the received mail found in this way to the urgent The information processing section 107a (S26).

In addition, the announcement server 6 authenticates the ID information sent from the emergency information processing part 107a (S29), and if the authentication is successful, searches for messages written in the bulletin board that are related to the ID information and whose title or text contains "emergency". " string of documents (S2a).

If finding title or text contains the document of " emergency " character string (S2a, " is "), then bulletin board server 6 sends the information (Subject, Docid) about a list of documents found in this way to emergency information processing part 107a ( S2b). Note here that "Docid" represents the ID of each piece of document data.

The emergency information processing section 107a helps display on the display section 102b the pieces of information acquired from the mail server 3 and the bulletin board server 6 in a state arranged at the screen position where the information is set (S27).

On the other hand, if the ID information is not authenticated in the mail server 3 (S24, "No") or if the ID information is not authenticated in the bulletin board server 6 (S29, "No"), then end at the unauthenticated ID information processing in the server.

Although the processing flow in the emergency information processing part 107a has been described in the flow chart of Fig. 9, the situation is similar in the unread information processing part 107d, for example, where the user receives the email from the mail server 3 in the unread information processing part 107d. And the bulletin board server 6 extracts unread information, and causes it to be displayed on the display section 102b.

Next, the display screen creation process of the recording information processing section 107c by time will be mentioned by using the flowchart of FIG. 10 .

When the setting information acquired by the setting information acquiring section 101 contains settings for displaying the screen created by the time recording information processing section on the display section, the time recording information processing section 107c is activated (S31).

The time record information processing section 107c sends the ID information of the user authenticated in the user authentication section 106 to the time record management server 5 .

The time record management server 5 authenticates (S32) the ID information sent from the time record information processing part 107c, and if the authentication is successful, the user time record information (arrival and departure time) corresponding to the ID information is sent to the time Record information processing section 107c. A display screen (see FIG. 11) of information on the user's time record is thereby created by the time record information processing section 107c, and the screen is displayed on the display section 102b (S33).

On the other hand, when the ID information is not authenticated in the time recording management server 5 (S32, "NO"), this process ends.

Although the configuration described in FIG. 11 is to create a screen displaying only the "Arrival" button 91 and the "Leave" button 92 in the time record information processing part 107c, the present invention is not limited thereto, but may create a screen displaying information about the authentication ID of the user. The current time of recording (arrival and departure) status information screen.

Next, by using the flow chart shown in FIG. 12, we will talk about the screen display performed in the display part 102b from the urgent information processing part 107a to the unread information processing part 107d (hereinafter simply referred to as a data processing part) to the image forming process according to the image forming part. General processing of the image forming operation performed by the component 108a.

First, when the user selects printable content from the content displayed in the display part 102b by operating the input part 102a (for example, see FIGS. 5 and 7), a "print" button displayed on the display part 102b becomes available. By status.

Then when this depressible "Print" button is pressed by the user (S42, "Yes"), the data processing section makes a request to print the selected content to the image forming section 108a (S43).

The image forming unit 108a prints the content requested to be printed (S44).

On the other hand, when any printable content is not selected (S41, "No"), or when the "Print" button in a depressible state is not pressed (S42, "No"), the process ends.

Next, the flow of the print processing for the e-mail arbitrarily selected by the user from the e-mail list displayed on the display part 102b by the emergency information processing part 107a will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

When the user selects at least one printable mail from the mail list displayed on the display part 102b by the emergency information processing part 107a (S51, "Yes"), the emergency information processing part 107a similarly displays on the display part 102b The "print" button becomes selectable (S52).

When the user presses the "Print" button (S53, "Yes"), the emergency information processing part 107a transmits the ID information and ID (Mailid) of the selected email to the mail server 3 (S54).

When the ID information sent from the emergency information processing part 107a is authenticated in the mail server 3, data of an email text matching the ID of the email is selected and sent to the emergency information processing part 107a (S55).

The emergency information processing section 107a makes a print request to the image forming section 108a to print the email text data transmitted from the mail server 3 (S56).

The image forming section 108a receives the print request from the emergency information processing section 107a, and performs image formation based on the email text data (S57).

Next, the print information of the schedule for the date and time arbitrarily selected by the user from the schedule information (for example, see FIG. 15 ) displayed on the display section 102b by the schedule information processing section 107b will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 14 Process for processing.

When the user arbitrarily selects date and time from the schedule information displayed on the display section 102b by the schedule information processing section 107b (S61), the "print" button and the "register" button become selectable (pressable) states ( S62).

Here, when the "print" button is pressed (S63, the "print" button is pressed), the schedule information processing part 107b sends the ID information of the user and the information (dayid) identifying the selected date and time to the schedule management server4.

When the ID information sent from the schedule information processing section 107b is authenticated in the schedule management server 4 (S65, "Yes"), the schedule management server 4 verifies or determines whether there is an ID corresponding to the user with the relevant ID information. A document link (S66) related to dayid in the data related to scheduling. On the other hand, when the ID information sent from the schedule information processing section 107b has not been authenticated in the schedule management server 4 (S65, "No"), the process ends.

When the existence of the document link corresponding to the relevant dayid was verified in the scheduling management server 4 (S66, "Yes"), the scheduling management server 4 sent the ID information of the relevant user and a download request (GetClink) of the linked document data It is sent to the document server 7 together with the verified link (S67).

The document server 7 transmits the ID information transmitted from the schedule management server 4 and the document data corresponding to GetClink to the schedule information processing section 107b (S68).

The schedule management server 4 selects the schedule data corresponding to the dayid-related from the data related to the user's schedule-related ID information, and sends it to the schedule information processing section 107b (S69). Note here that the processing of this step (S69) is also performed when the existence of any document link corresponding to the relevant dayid is not verified in the schedule management server 4 (S66, "NO").

The schedule information processing section 107b requests the image forming section 108a to perform image forming processing on the schedule data (or document data) transmitted from the schedule management server 4 (S6a).

The image forming section 108a performs image forming processing on the schedule data (or document data) according to the relevant request (S6b).

On the other hand, when selecting an arbitrary date and time (S61), the "registration" button is pressed (S63, the "registration" button is pressed) so that the image reading part 108b reads the user's desired registration into its schedule. At the time of the document (S6e), after the ID information sent from the schedule information processing part 107b has been authenticated in the schedule management server 4 (S6f, "Yes"), the image data of the document thus read out is managed by the schedule Server 4 sends to document server 7 (S6g).

The image data sent to the document server 7 as described above is registered in the document server 7, and the document server 7 in turn sends link data corresponding to the relevant image data to the schedule information processing section 107b (S6h).

The schedule information processing section 107b sends ID information about the user, information (dayid) identifying the selected date and time, and link data (SetClink) corresponding to the read image data to the schedule management server 4 (S6i).

The schedule management server 4 registers the link of the image data of the document read by the image reading section 108b into the user's schedule related to the ID information based on the ID information, dayid and SetClink sent from the schedule information processing section 107b. in the data (S6j).

The schedule management server 4 notifies the schedule information processing part 107b that the registration of the link of the image data of the document in the above step (S6j) has been completed (S6k), and the registration process of the document in the schedule is completed (S6l).

When the ID information sent from the schedule information processing section 107b is not authenticated in the schedule management server 4 (S6f, "NO"), the process ends.

It will be noted here that when "Personal B" 15a is selected in the display screen shown in Fig. 15 and the "Print" button 83 is pressed, today's and tomorrow's schedule, details about the schedule, and registered relevant documents (if any) ) is printed.

Also when the "Person B" 15a is selected and the "Register" button 82 is pressed, a link ("Content") is set to an area of the "Person B" 15a.

Then when "today" 15b or "tomorrow" 15c is selected and the "print" button 83 is pressed, a copy of today's and tomorrow's schedule, details about the schedule, and registration documents about the schedule (if any) are printed come out.

Furthermore, when "today" 15b or "tomorrow" 15c is selected and the "register" button 82 is pressed, a link ("content") is set to an area of "today" 15b or "tomorrow" 15c.

When the "point in time" 15d is selected and the "Print" button 83 is pressed, a copy of the schedule for that point in time, details about the schedule and registration documents for the schedule (if any) are printed out.

Furthermore, when the "point in time" 15d is selected and the "register" button 82 is pressed, a link ("content") is set to an area of the "point in time" 15d (see reference numeral 15e).

Next, the flow chart of Fig. 16 is used to illustrate the processing flow (using the bulletin board system) of registering to start going to work or leaving work by being displayed on the screen on the display part 102b by the time record information processing part 107c (see Fig. 7). Time card management for time recording (arrival and departure, etc.).

When the "arrival" button S1 is pressed by the user whose ID information has been authenticated (S71, "Yes"), the time record information processing part 107c sends ID information and "arrival" registered information to the time record management server 5 (S72) , and when the "Arrival" button is not pressed, the processing ends (S71, "No").

When receiving ID information or the like from the time record information processing part 107c, the time record management server 5 inputs the current time into a time record list corresponding to the relevant ID information in the database managed by the time record management server 5, and The current time is sent to the time record information processing section 107c (S73).

The time record information processing section 107c displays the current time on the screen displayed on the display section 102b, and transmits ID information about the user to the bulletin board server 6 (S74).

The bulletin board server 6 authenticates the ID information sent from the time record information processing section 107c (S75).

When the ID information was authenticated by the bulletin board server 6 (S75, "Yes"), the relevant information of the bulletin board managed in the bulletin board server 6 and the relevant ID information were verified or compared with the current time t. content, the data of the content is sent to the time record information processing section 107c (S76).

On the other hand, when the ID information has not been authenticated in the bulletin board server 6 (S76, "No"), the process ends.

The time record information processing section 107c requests the image forming section 108a to perform image forming processing on the content transmitted from the bulletin board server 6 (S77).

The image forming section 108a prints the relevant content when receiving the print request (S78).

Next, the processing when the operation mode is switched from the public operation mode to the individual operation mode and then switched to the liter mode will be discussed.

In this embodiment, the mode switching component 104 is configured to switch the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode according to a predetermined condition when the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode through personal authentication.

By switching the operation mode to the public operation mode according to the predetermined condition in this way, it is possible to prevent an indefinite number of users from operating the apparatus in the case where the operation mode is set to the individual operation mode.

Such predetermined conditions for switching from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode here include, among other things, the case that no ID information has been acquired in the user authentication section 106 for a period longer than a predetermined time. For example, in the case where the ID information can be acquired in the user authentication part only when the user operates in the image processing apparatus (for example, in the case of personal authentication by the user's fingerprint, or in the case of only when the ID card is read In the case where personal authentication can only be made when the device is read by the device, etc.), the following situation can be avoided: when the user who has operated the device in the personal operation mode leaves the device and keeps the operation mode of the device for a predetermined or longer period of time When the personal operation mode is set, or when the user unintentionally ends the operation while forgetting that the device is set to the personal operation mode, or similar situations occur, an undetermined number of users operate with the device's operation mode set to the personal operation mode device.

Furthermore, predetermined conditions for switching from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode may be constructed as follows. That is, the human body detection part 105 starts from the moment when the ID information of the user is authenticated in the user authentication part, detects the existence (human body detection step) of the relevant user near the image processing device 1, and when the human body detection part 105 has been longer than the predetermined time When no human body is detected for a period of time, the operation mode is switched from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode.

According to such a configuration, when the user who has operated the device in the personal operation mode leaves the device and its operation mode remains set to the personal operation mode for a predetermined period of time or longer, or when the user ends the operation unintentionally while Forgetting that the device has been set to the personal-related mode prevents an indefinite number of users from operating the device when the device's operating mode is set to the personal operating mode. In addition, it is also possible to help reduce the size of the device by using a human detection sensor or the like in combination therewith for determining the standby state of the image processing device or the like.

Furthermore, according to the present invention there is provided a personal information management method stored in a computer readable medium for personal information management in an image processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, the personal information management method comprising : a user authentication step that acquires ID information identifying each user from a plurality of users, and performs user authentication based on the ID information: an operation mode setting step that selectively operates between a personal operation mode and a public operation An operation mode is set between the modes to set the working environment for operation input, wherein the personal operation mode allows each user to operate independently, and the public operation mode allows an indeterminate number of user operations; and a mode switching step, when in the user authentication step authentication When there is only one user, this step switches the operation mode from the public operation mode to the personal operation mode of the authenticated user.

Furthermore, in the above personal information management method, in the mode switching step, it is preferable to switch the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode according to a predetermined condition in the state where the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

In addition, in the above-mentioned personal information management method, in the mode switching step, when the ID information has not been acquired for a period of time longer than a predetermined time in the user authentication step, the current operation mode is set as the personal operation mode state, switch the operation mode from personal operation mode to public operation mode.

Furthermore, the above personal information management method further provides a human body detection step for detecting a user located near the image processing device, wherein in the mode switching step, when a period of time longer than a predetermined time has elapsed in the human body detection step When no human body is detected, the operation mode is switched from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode in the state that the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

In addition, the above personal information management method may further provide a setting information acquisition step of acquiring setting information related to each user, wherein in the operation mode setting step, according to the setting related to the user authenticated in the user authentication step, information to set individual operating modes.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned personal information management method, the ID information is matched with a log-in ID of a network connected to the image processing apparatus, wherein the personal information management program may further include a personal information processing step of performing a process corresponding to a network corresponding to the ID information based on the ID information. Handling of personal information related to users with existing ID information.

It will be noted here that each step of the personal information management method in the present invention is realized in the following manner: a personal information management program according to the present invention is stored in an unshown storage part in an image processing device or can be obtained by A recording medium is read by an unshown CPU (computer), and the unshown CPU is caused to execute the program.

Specifically, a personal information management program according to the present invention is constructed as a personal information management program that can be stored in a computer-readable medium for personal information management in an image processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, Helps make a computer perform: a user authentication step that acquires ID information that identifies each user from a plurality of users, and performs user authentication based on the ID information: an operation mode setting step that is selectively performed on an individual An operation mode that sets the working environment for operation input is set between the operation mode and a public operation mode, wherein the individual operation mode allows each user to operate independently, and the public operation mode allows an indeterminate number of user operations; and a mode switching step, when When a user is authenticated in the user authentication step, this step switches the operation mode from the public operation mode to the individual operation mode of the authenticated user.

Furthermore, in the above personal information management program, in the mode switching step, it is preferable to switch the operation mode from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode according to a predetermined condition in a state where the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

In addition, in the above-mentioned personal information management program, in the mode switching step, when the ID information has not been acquired for a period of time longer than a predetermined time in the user authentication step, the current operation mode is set to the state of the personal operation mode , switch the operating mode from personal operating mode to public operating mode.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned personal information management program, there is further provided a human body detection step for detecting a user located near the image processing apparatus, wherein in the mode switching step, when there has been a period of time longer than a predetermined time in the human body detection step without When a human body is detected, the operation mode is switched from the personal operation mode to the public operation mode under the condition that the current operation mode is set to the personal operation mode.

In addition, the above-mentioned personal information management program may further provide a setting information acquisition step of acquiring setting information related to each user, wherein in the operation mode setting step, according to the setting related to the user authenticated in the user authentication step, information to set individual operating modes.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned personal information management program, it is preferable that the ID information cooperates with a log-in ID connected to a network of the image processing apparatus, wherein the personal information management program may further include a personal information processing step which performs a process corresponding to the ID information based on the ID information. Handling of personal information related to users of ID information that exists on the Internet.

Although it has been described in the embodiments of the present invention that the functions for realizing the present invention are pre-recorded inside the device, the present invention is not limited thereto, but similar functions can be downloaded to devices or systems through a network . Alternatively, a recording medium storing similar functions can also be installed in the device.

The recording medium may be in any form, such as a CD-ROM capable of storing the program and capable of being read by the device. In addition, functions acquired by such preinstallation or downloading can be realized by cooperating with an OS (Operating System) or the like within the device.

Even though an important e-mail or message has reached a user, sometimes it may be ignored when the user leaves his seat (for example, goes out). In order to avoid this, users can perform user authentication in shared or public image processing installations before leaving their seats, so that users can send a list of emails received to related users within a company or institution's internal system , or the content of the user's timing arrangement and a bulletin board of a component are displayed, printed out or saved as a file.

In addition, it may be constructed such that documents, etc. are linked with the schedules of individual users and the schedules of user groups so that when a user leaves his seat, by performing personal authentication in the image processing device, it should be printed out so that when the user attends Documents brought in for meetings or outings are notified to the user in the form of a message "there is a document to be printed". In addition, when a scheduling management server manages the number of participants of a conference, etc., it may be instructed to print out a hard copy of the number of participants.

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image processing device and a personal information management method that allow each user to control user information without actually preventing an indefinite number of users from using the device. processing of personal information while preventing the leakage of the user's personal information.

Claims (12)

1. an image processing apparatus comprises:

Authentification of user parts, it obtains the id information of each user of sign from a plurality of users, and carries out authentification of user according to described id information;

An operator scheme is provided with parts, it can optionally be provided with an operator scheme that operational environment is set for the operation input between people's operator scheme and a public operation pattern one by one, wherein said individual operator scheme allows each user's independent operation, and described public operation pattern allows the user's operation of uncertain number; And

Mode switch parts, when user of authentication in described authentification of user parts, it is described certified user's described individual operator scheme from described public operation mode switch with described operator scheme.

2. the described image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said mode switch parts are set in current operator scheme according to a predetermined condition described operator scheme be switched to described public operation pattern from described individual operator scheme under the state of described individual operator scheme.

3. the described image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein when in described authentification of user parts, having had a period of time of being longer than a scheduled time not get access to id information, described mode switch parts are set in current operator scheme under the state of described individual operator scheme described operator scheme be switched to described public operation pattern from described individual operator scheme.

4. the described image processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprise human detection parts, it detects and is positioned at a near user of described image processing apparatus, wherein when described human detection parts have had a period of time of being longer than a scheduled time not detect human body, be made as in current operator scheme under the state of described individual operator scheme, described mode switch parts switch to described public operation pattern with described operator scheme from described individual operator scheme.

5. the described image processing apparatus of claim 1, comprise that further a configuration information obtains parts, it obtains and each user-dependent configuration information, wherein said operator scheme be provided with parts according to described authentification of user parts in the user-dependent described configuration information that authenticates described individual operator scheme is set.

6. the described image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said id information cooperates the login ID of a network that can be connected to described image processing apparatus, wherein said image processing apparatus further comprises people's information processing apparatus one by one, and it is carried out and user-dependent personal information processing corresponding to the described id information that exists on the described network according to described id information.

7. a kind of PIM method that carries out personal information management in an image processing apparatus of being shared by a plurality of users comprises:

A user authentication process, this step are obtained the id information of each user of sign from a plurality of users, and carry out authentification of user according to described id information:

An operator scheme is provided with step, this step optionally is being provided with an operator scheme that operational environment is set for the operation input between people's operator scheme and a public operation pattern one by one, wherein said individual operator scheme allows each user's independent operation, and described public operation pattern allows the user's operation of uncertain number; And

A mode switch step, when user of authentication in described user authentication process, this step is described certified user's described individual operator scheme from described public operation mode switch with described operator scheme.

8. the described PIM method of claim 7, wherein in described mode switch step, be set in current operator scheme under the state of described individual operator scheme, described operator scheme switched to described public operation pattern from described individual operator scheme according to a predetermined condition.

9. the described PIM method of claim 7, wherein in described mode switch step, when in described user authentication process, having had a period of time of being longer than a scheduled time not get access to id information, then be set under the state of described individual operator scheme, described operator scheme is switched to described public operation pattern from described individual operator scheme in current operator scheme.

10. the described PIM method of claim 7, further comprise a human detection step, be used to detect a near user who is positioned at the described image processing apparatus, wherein in described mode switch step, when in described human detection step, having had a period of time of being longer than a scheduled time not detect human body, then be set under the state of described individual operator scheme, described operator scheme is switched to described public operation pattern from described individual operator scheme in current operator scheme.

11. the described PIM method of claim 7, further comprise a configuration information obtaining step, this step is obtained and each user-dependent configuration information, wherein be provided with in the step, according to described individual operator scheme being set with the user-dependent described configuration information that in described user authentication process, authenticates in described operator scheme.

12. the described PIM method of claim 7, wherein said id information cooperates the login ID of a network that can be connected to described image processing apparatus, wherein said PIM method further comprises people's information processing step one by one, and this step is carried out and user-dependent personal information processing corresponding to the described id information that exists on the described network according to described id information.

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